Often it's seen as a title that should be owned on the platform, but don't let the pretty visuals and soothing porn music (erm, wait, what?) deceive you. One-button flip controls mean you can only flip your pieces one way, and double that with sluggish control response with a gamepad, the game is pretty much impossible when you get the stage nine. Even playing with a mouse (which responds much better) doesn't help things at all.

An otherwise pretty game, there are many other less broken versions of Tetris out there to play.

Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine for Sega cd - I do like fmv games, and wanted to like this one also. Sad to say, it didn't happen. The game proved far too frustrating, w/difficult controls and hits that were impossible to avoid. The game clearly has some decent production values, but they are wrapped in a challenge that doesn't seem fair imho. I didn't have fun trying to progress in this game, and eventually grew to regret buying it. Stick w/Sewer Shark & avoid this frustrating copycat.

Global Defense for the SMS - The reviews I've read for this one are all over the map, good & bad ... sadly, I gotta fall in the latter camp. I can see how nostalgia can influence this one ... it looks & sounds pretty good. But the needlessly awkward control (seperate controls for moving your ship & moving the aiming cursor ... it's bad), the very repetitive nature, and the feeling of frustration (only 1 life) even when I advanced killed it for me. No matter how hard I tried, it simply was never fun, so unless you've fond memories of this one I say pass on it for better SMS games.

Ninja Gaiden for Atari Lynx. A port of the original arcade game. It's a poor Final Fight clone that's just not exciting to play. I was disappointed playing it in the arcade and I was disappointed playing it on my Lynx. It's not worth anyone's time, especially when the late games in the series are so much better.